5: DataLink Layer5-1 LAN technologies Data link layer so far: m services, error detection/correction, multiple access Next: LAN technologies m addressing m Ethernet m hubs, switches m PPP

5: DataLink Layer5-2 Link Layer r 5.1 Introduction and services r 5.2 Error detection and correction r 5.3Multiple access protocols r 5.4 Link-Layer Addressing r 5.5 Ethernet r 5.6 Hubs and switches r 5.7 PPP r 5.8 Link Virtualization: ATM

5: DataLink Layer5-3 MAC Addresses and ARP r 32-bit IP address: m network-layer address m used to get datagram to destination IP subnet r MAC (or LAN or physical or Ethernet) address: m used to get datagram from one interface to another physically-connected interface (same network) m 48 bit MAC address (for most LANs) burned in the adapter ROM

5: DataLink Layer5-4 LAN Addresses and ARP Each adapter on LAN has unique LAN address Broadcast address = FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF = adapter 1A-2F-BB AD D7-FA-20-B0 0C-C4-11-6F-E F7-2B LAN (wired or wireless)

5: DataLink Layer5-5 LAN Address (more) r MAC address allocation administered by IEEE r manufacturer buys portion of MAC address space (to assure uniqueness) r Analogy: (a) MAC address: like Social Security Number (b) IP address: like postal address  MAC flat address ➜ portability m can move LAN card from one LAN to another r IP hierarchical address NOT portable m depends on IP subnet to which node is attached

5: DataLink Layer5-6 ARP: Address Resolution Protocol r Each IP node (Host, Router) on LAN has ARP table r ARP Table: IP/MAC address mappings for some LAN nodes m TTL (Time To Live): time after which address mapping will be forgotten (typically 20 min) Question: how to determine MAC address of B knowing B’s IP address? 1A-2F-BB AD D7-FA-20-B0 0C-C4-11-6F-E F7-2B LAN

5: DataLink Layer5-7 ARP protocol: Same LAN (network) r A wants to send datagram to B, and B’s MAC address not in A’s ARP table. r A broadcasts ARP query packet, containing B's IP address m Dest MAC address = FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF m all machines on LAN receive ARP query r B receives ARP packet, replies to A with its (B's) MAC address m frame sent to A’s MAC address (unicast) r A caches (saves) IP-to- MAC address pair in its ARP table until information becomes old (times out) m soft state: information that times out (goes away) unless refreshed r ARP is “plug-and-play”: m nodes create their ARP tables without intervention from net administrator

5: DataLink Layer5-8 Routing to another LAN walkthrough: send datagram from A to B via R assume A knows B IP address r Two ARP tables in router R, one for each IP network (LAN) A R B

5: DataLink Layer5-9 r A creates datagram with source A, destination B r A uses ARP to get R’s MAC address for r A creates link-layer frame with R's MAC address as dest, frame contains A-to-B IP datagram r A’s adapter sends frame r R’s adapter receives frame r R removes IP datagram from Ethernet frame, sees its destined to B r R uses ARP to get B’s MAC address r R creates frame containing A-to-B IP datagram sends to B A R B

5: DataLink Layer5-10 Link Layer r 5.1 Introduction and services r 5.2 Error detection and correction r 5.3Multiple access protocols r 5.4 Link-Layer Addressing r 5.5 Ethernet r 5.6 Hubs and switches r 5.7 PPP r 5.8 Link Virtualization: ATM

5: DataLink Layer5-11 Ethernet “dominant” wired LAN technology: r cheap $20 for 100Mbps! r first widely used LAN technology r Simpler, cheaper than token LANs and ATM r Kept up with speed race: 10 Mbps – 10 Gbps Metcalfe’s Ethernet sketch

5: DataLink Layer5-12 Star topology r Bus topology popular through mid 90s r Now star topology prevails r Connection choices: hub or switch (more later) hub or switch

5: DataLink Layer5-13 Ethernet Frame Structure Sending adapter encapsulates IP datagram (or other network layer protocol packet) in Ethernet frame Preamble: r 7 bytes with pattern followed by one byte with pattern r used to synchronize receiver, sender clock rates

5: DataLink Layer5-14 Ethernet Frame Structure (more) r Addresses: 6 bytes m if adapter receives frame with matching destination address, or with broadcast address (eg ARP packet), it passes data in frame to net-layer protocol m otherwise, adapter discards frame r Type: indicates the higher layer protocol (mostly IP but others may be supported such as Novell IPX and AppleTalk) r CRC: checked at receiver, if error is detected, the frame is simply dropped

5: DataLink Layer5-15 Unreliable, connectionless service r Connectionless: No handshaking between sending and receiving adapter. r Unreliable: receiving adapter doesn’t send acks or nacks to sending adapter m stream of datagrams passed to network layer can have gaps m gaps will be filled if app is using TCP m otherwise, app will see the gaps

5: DataLink Layer5-16 Ethernet uses CSMA/CD r No slots r adapter doesn’t transmit if it senses that some other adapter is transmitting, that is, carrier sense r transmitting adapter aborts when it senses that another adapter is transmitting, that is, collision detection r Before attempting a retransmission, adapter waits a random time, that is, random access

5: DataLink Layer5-17 Ethernet CSMA/CD algorithm 1. Adaptor receives datagram from net layer & creates frame 2. If adapter senses channel idle, it starts to transmit frame. If it senses channel busy, waits until channel idle and then transmits 3. If adapter transmits entire frame without detecting another transmission, the adapter is done with frame ! 4. If adapter detects another transmission while transmitting, aborts and sends jam signal 5. After aborting, adapter enters exponential backoff: after the mth collision, adapter chooses a K at random from {0,1,2,…,2 m -1}. Adapter waits K·512 bit times and returns to Step 2

5: DataLink Layer5-18 Ethernet’s CSMA/CD (more) Jam Signal: make sure all other transmitters are aware of collision; 48 bits Bit time:.1 microsec for 10 Mbps Ethernet ; for K=1023, wait time is about 50 msec Exponential Backoff: r Goal: adapt retransmission attempts to estimated current load m heavy load: random wait will be longer r first collision: choose K from {0,1}; delay is K· 512 bit transmission times r after second collision: choose K from {0,1,2,3}… r after ten collisions, choose K from {0,1,2,3,4,…,1023}

5: DataLink Layer5-19 CSMA/CD efficiency r T prop = max prop between 2 nodes in LAN r t trans = time to transmit max-size frame r Efficiency goes to 1 as t prop goes to 0 r Goes to 1 as t trans goes to infinity r Much better than ALOHA, but still decentralized, simple, and cheap

5: DataLink Layer BaseT and 100BaseT r 10/100 Mbps rate; latter called “fast ethernet” r T stands for Twisted Pair r Nodes connect to a hub: “star topology”; 100 m max distance between nodes and hub twisted pair hub